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Investors are still showing big demand for the Dubai real estate firm's sukuk despite two sell-offs in a year
Wider currency mix helped meet demand for high grade paper with attractive yields from the region
The company has enjoyed two rating upgrades since its last sukuk issuance
Some price discovery needed due to sukuk format and long tenor
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  • Ratings agency Moody’s opined on the Middle East after market close on Friday, with the United Arab Emirates seeing a better outlook while Qatar’s creditworthiness took a hit. Qatar’s rating was cut from Aa2 to Aa3 with a stable outlook on the back of a weakening in the sovereign’s external debt to GDP levels and uncertainty around where growth will come from in the medium term.
  • China’s FX market records Rmb11.38tr ($1.65tr) of transactions in April, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange releases more foreign investment quotas, and CFETS completes first options write-off in the interbank market.
  • Kuwait National Petroleum Co is due to finalise documentation on its final loan facility for its 'clean fuels' project, bringing the total debt accumulated for the project to $7.2bn.
  • Not only is the CEEMEA bond market red hot and smashing through issuance records, there were also signs this week of its developing maturity, writes Virginia Furness.
  • Oman made its public market sukuk debt on Tuesday to raise $2bn with a well-supported trade. While bankers on the deal argued that Oman achieved a “sukuk discount”, others said the deal came flat to its conventional curve.
  • Strong support from regional investors helped Bahrain’s Al Baraka Banking Group achieve substantial price tightening for the first ever bond issue from a non-investment grade Gulf bank on Tuesday.